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Yad Vashem
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yadvashem
Jerusalem, Israel
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World center for Holocaust research, documentation, education and commemoration. A dynamic place of inter-generational and international encounter.
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Yad Vashem
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Jun 1 |
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#SaturdayNightArt
Holocaust survivor Judith Kerr recently passed away at the age of 95. The portrait below depicts Judith in 1933, drawn by Carl Mario Stahl in Switzerland (who made portraits of the refugee community).
Learn more about this story here ow.ly/Xbhd50urDMH pic.twitter.com/E0apA01quA
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Yad Vashem
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Jun 1 |
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View some of the events that took place during the month of June in #Holocaust history youtu.be/BoeDfdlypu0
Yad Vashem's website offers extensive information and resources related to the Holocaust, including "This Month in Holocaust #History"
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Yad Vashem
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May 31 |
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#PhotoFriday
Below are #photos from the #Auschwitz Album — the only surviving visual evidence of the process leading to the mass murder at Auschwitz-Birkenau.
The album's #pictures were taken exactly 75 years ago, & were restored by Yad Vashem in 1994.
ow.ly/asbY50usyHv pic.twitter.com/UD6lXgCc4W
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Yad Vashem
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May 30 |
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#ShoahStory
Menachem Haberman was born & raised in Munkacs. By the end of May 1944, the entire #Jewish community of Munkacs had been deported to #Auschwitz.
Menachem survived, but his mother and 7 siblings were murdered in Auschwitz.
Listen to his story youtu.be/eNvY_GDK-Qk
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Yad Vashem
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May 30 |
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The #Auschwitz Album is the only surviving visual evidence of the process leading to the mass murder at Auschwitz-Birkenau.
The photos were taken exactly 75 years ago, in late May/early June 1944, and show the entire process except for the killing itself
youtu.be/_bYZYXHu3KY
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Jewish News
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May 29 |
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Learning lessons of survival jewishnews.net.au/learning-lesso… pic.twitter.com/4JmHy3910b
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Israel in Miami
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May 30 |
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Day 4 of the #FLIsraelMission we visited @yadvashem. The tour concluded with a wreath laying ceremony to commemorate the six million Jews who were killed in the #Holocaust. #WeRemember #NeverAgain pic.twitter.com/acFDdDjuup
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Yad Vashem
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May 29 |
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#OTD 29 May 1942, the deportation of the Jews of Trzebinia began.
Learn about this vibrant Jewish community, located just 19 kilometers from #Auschwitz here ow.ly/eUEF50urOrO pic.twitter.com/OHEDDyKEvO
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Yad Vashem
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May 29 |
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#VideoWednesday
Did you know that Yad Vashem has a 45-acre campus with museums, exhibitions, monuments and memorials?
Featuring: The Valley of the Communities in YV — a massive 2.5 acre monument literally dug out of natural bedrock.
youtu.be/cf19--JrmyI
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Yad Vashem
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May 28 |
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#JewsRescuingJews
Karel & Amalia Hamerslag were murdered at the Sobibor extermination camp #OTD 28 May 1943.
However, shortly before their deportation, their 2 children were saved by Mirjam Waterman.
Read more about the daring mission here ow.ly/J7qu50uqOV8 pic.twitter.com/8OBzDrT4ru
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Yad Vashem
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May 27 |
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#MuseumMonday
The Holocaust #History Museum tells the story of the #Holocaust using authentic artifacts (among other resources) in emphasizing the personal stories of the victims of the Holocaust.
See some of the artifacts on display in the museum here ow.ly/b4gL50upIck
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Yad Vashem
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May 26 |
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#ArtifactOfTheWeek
Yeshayahu Markovitz's pocket watch included pictures of his wife & 12 children, enabling him to see them all each time he checked the time.
The entire Markovitz family was later deported to #Auschwitz.
Read their remarkable story here ow.ly/TQy750upGPx pic.twitter.com/N9c7cgPfG2
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Yad Vashem School
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May 26 |
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After months of preparation, we are thrilled to welcome participants from all over Australia to the opening of the first ever #Gandel Holocaust Education Program Graduates Conference in Melbourne, with @yadvashem experts in attendance.
Wishing everyone an enriching experience! pic.twitter.com/bmAeVgbTMP
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Yad Vashem
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May 26 |
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Carol was sent to the Sachsenhausen camp and forced on a death march to Buchenwald, where he died of exhaustion on 20 December 1944.
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Yad Vashem
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May 25 |
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#OTD 25 May 1943
This transport arrived in Theresienstadt. It consisted of only one 52 year-old #Jewish woman, actress Anna Steiner.
She was permitted to bring enough food & clothes for just 8 days. Learn more here ow.ly/oc8750u8sc4
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Yad Vashem
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May 25 |
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#SaturdayNightArt
During the #Holocaust, Carol Deutsch illustrated a #Bible and dedicated it to his daughter on her 2nd birthday.
The 99 illustrations, depicting the Bible's chronicles/heroes, were safeguarded in a wooden box which he created.
Learn more ow.ly/pnaf50unoOU pic.twitter.com/IUuebqfFyX
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Yad Vashem
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May 24 |
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#PhotoFriday
Pictured below are sisters Suzan-Zsuzsa & Lili Klein. #OTD 24 May 1944, after weeks of starvation & suffering, they were deported to #Auschwitz together with their mother.
All three were murdered.
Read their last letter to their father here ow.ly/xkXw50uni46 pic.twitter.com/oJ8IIK4IJ6
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Yad Vashem
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May 23 |
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#ShoahStory
#OTD 23 May 1944 the final deportation train left Munkacs, Hungary, headed for #Auschwitz ow.ly/hPsn50u8skh
Watch #Holocaust survivor testimony about the end of the #Jewish community ow.ly/61K050u8skg
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Yad Vashem
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May 23 |
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"Dear Daddy & Mummy…I kiss & hug both of you very tight. Yours, Edik"
Edik Tonkonogi, who had just started learning to write, wrote these last words to his parents #OTD 23 May 1941.
That was the last they heard from their 7-year-old son.
Learn more ow.ly/WpfP50umhNP pic.twitter.com/v68BIYyFNJ
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Yad Vashem
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May 22 |
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#VideoWednesday — "Emotional Reunion of Siblings Separated During the Holocaust"
Hilda Shlick thought she had lost practically all of her family in the #Holocaust, but after 60 years she was reunited with her brother in #Israel thanks to YV's Database
youtu.be/Ucu94QAi4dA
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